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Lucia Berlin

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born

November 12, 1936

died

November 12, 2004

gender

female

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Berlin began publishing relatively late in life, under the encouragement and sometimes tutelage of poet Ed Dorn. Her first small collection, Angels Laundromat was published in 1981, but her published stories were written as early as 1960. Several of her stories appeared in magazines such as The Atlantic and Saul Bellow’s little magazine The Noble Savage.

Berlin published six collections of short stories, but most of her work can be found in three later volumes from Black Sparrow Books: Homesick: New and Selected Stories, So Long: Stories 1987-92 and Where I Live Now: Stories 1993-98.

Berlin was never a bestseller, but was widely influential within the literary community. She aspired to Chekhov's objectivity and refusal to judge. She has also...more

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Books by Lucia Berlin

Average rating: 4.54 · 54 ratings · 5 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Where I Live Now: Stories 1993-1998 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Homesick: New and Selected Stories 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Angel's Laundromat 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1981	My rating:
	So Long: Stories, 1987-1992 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Safe & Sound 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Phantom Pain 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Homesick 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Fragrant Trappings 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: